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Prepare for ice-cold competition as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox announced the release of Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games, the latest video game installment for the upcoming Ice Age movie franchise.  Available on Kinect for Xbox 360, Nintendo’s Wii, and the Nintendo …

20th Century Fox’s high school superpower movie “Chronicle” opened to a better than expected $22 million, followed closely by the horror-thriller The “Woman in Black,” which also beat expectations, bringing in $21 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, through February 5, 2012, is as follows: Rank …

20th Century Fox is hoping to breathe new live into their old Planet of the Apes franchise with the new prequel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Today, Fox has released a second trailer for the film, which opens August 5. Fox is hoping that the Rupert Wyatt’s directed …

“Rio” has become the top grossing 2011 release, ending Easter weekend with a new worldwide cume of $286 million. That easily bests Paramount’s Rango, which has earned just under $240 million globally. Rio topped the box office chart for the weekend in a big win for Fox. The 3D cartoon grossed an …

Rumors are flying everywhere when it comes to casting for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. According to everyone, Benjamin Walker was considered a lock as the Beast just a couple of weeks back.  Last week Walker left the project, presumably due to the studio’s concern regarding his age compared to …

John Lithgow and Frieda Pinto have joined the cast of Rise of the Apes, 20th Century Fox’s prequel to the Planet of the Apes franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Lithgow and Pinto join James Franco, who will play a scientist who is working on a cure …

James Franco has signed on to star in Rise of the Apes, the prequel to the Planet of the Apes franchise, according to multiple sources including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Franco will be playing a scientist who is testing a cure for Alzheimer’s …

Twentieth Century Fox has announced that the prequel for the Planet of the Apes films, tentatively titled Rise of the Apes, has a release date set for June 24, 2011.In the official press release, Fox announced that the film will be using CG apes created by Peter Jackson’s Oscar winning …

Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick Ass, is in talks to direct X-Men: First Class, the prequel to 20th Century Fox’s hit X-Men trilogy. According to multiple sources, Vaughn was the top candidate for the job, but then passed last week after talks fell apart. The Hollywood Reporter stated that Bryan …

Twentieth Century Fox is one step closer to start working on a Planet of the Apes prequel, tentatively titled Caesar. According to Deadline New York, British director Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist) has been tapped for the directors chair. The script has been in development for quite some time and was …